Corporate Officers

President & CEO

Masanobu Shintani

Career Summary
April 1982 Joined the Company
October 2008 General Manager of Tokyo Rubber Business Unit 3
October 2010 General Manager assistant to Operational Headquarters
January 2012 President of Sanyo Corporation of America
October 2012 Executive Officer of the Company President of Sanyo Corporation of America
December 2013 Director & Executive Officer, General Manager of Operational Headquarters of the Company
October 2014 Director & Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Strategy Department
December 2018 President & CEO (present post)

Managing Director & Executive Officer

Toshiaki Mizusawa

Career Summary
April 1982 Joined Taiyo-Kobe Bank (currently Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation)
May 2012 Joined the Company
April 2013 General Manager of Credit Department
December 2019 Executive Officer supervising Administration Divisions, General Manager of Credit and Legal Department
October 2020 Executive Officer supervising Administration Divisions, General Manager of Personnel Division
December 2020 Director & Executive Officer, In charge of Administration Divisions, General Manager of Personnel Division
October 2022 Director & Executive Officer, In charge of Administration Divisions
December 2022 Managing Director & Executive Officer, In charge of Administration Divisions(present post)

Director & Executive Officer

Kenichi Shindo

Career Summary
April 1985 Joined the Company
October 2006 General Manager of Machinery & Environmental Business Unit 1
April 2009 General Manager of Machinery & Materials Business Unit
October 2013 Executive Officer, General Manager of Machinery & Materials Business Unit
December 2013 Executive Officer of the Company President of Sanyo Corporation of America
October 2016 Executive Officer, General Manager of Chemical Business Unit
December 2018 Representative Director and President of Sanyo Machinery Co., Ltd.
December 2019 Director & Executive Officer, In charge of Business Divisions, General Manager of Machinery & Environmental Business Unit
June 2020 Director & Executive Officer, In charge of Business Divisions, General Manager of Machinery & Environmental Business Unit, General Manager of Scientific Instruments Department
October 2021 Director & Executive Officer, In charge of Business Divisions (present post)

Director & Executive Officer

Mitsuyasu Hirasawa

Career Summary
April 1989 Joined the Company
October 2012 General Manager of Industrial Products No. 2 Business Unit
October 2014 General Manager of Industrial Products No. 1 Business Unit
October 2015 General Manager of Industrial Products Business Unit
October 2016 Executive Officer, General Manager supervising Industrial Products Business Unit, General Manager of New Business Development Department
October 2020 Executive Officer, General Manager supervising Industrial Products Business Unit, General Manager of New Business Development Department
December 2020 Senior Executive Officer, General Manager supervising Industrial Products Business Unit, General Manager of New Business Development Department
December 2022 Director & Executive Officer, In charge of Business Divisions, General Manager of New Business Development Department
October 2023 Director & Executive Officer, In charge of Business Divisions (present post)

Outside Director

Hirotaka Sugihara

Career Summary
April 1981 Joined ITOCHU Corporation
May 1994 Assistant to CEO for Asia Bloc (based in Hong Kong) of ITOCHU Corporation
April 2004 General Manager of Financial Business Development Department, ITOCHU Corporation
April 2005 Seconded to Orient Corporation (Executive Officer)
July 2007 Acting General Manager of Financial Business Department and General Manager of Financial Retail Promotion Department, ITOCHU Corporation
April 2008 General Manager of Finance, Real Estate, Insurance & Logistics Management Planning Department, ITOCHU Corporation
April 2010 Acting Manager of Financial & Insurance Business Department, ITOCHU Corporation
May 2010 Director (part-time) of POCKETCARD CO., LTD.
April 2012 Assistant CEO for ASEAN & Southwest Asia Bloc in charge of Corporate Planning, ITOCHU Corporation (based in Singapore)
May 2014 Director, Vice President supervising Sales Group, POCKETCARD CO., LTD.
March 2018 Vice President, Executive Officer, General Manager of Planning Headquarters, POCKETCARD CO., LTD.
December 2021 Outside Director (part-time) of the Company (present post)

Outside Director

Mitsuo Ogawa

Career Summary
April 1987 Joined Nippon Electrical Equipments Co., Ltd. (currently DENSO Corporation)
June 1991 Joined Sanwa Research Institute Corp. (currently Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting Co., Ltd.)
April 2000 Joined PwC Consulting Co., Ltd.
March 2004 President of Craig Consulting (present post)
December 2022 Outside Director (part-time) of the Company (present post)

Director & Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

Hiroshi Shirai

Career Summary
April 1982 Joined the Company
October 2006 President of Sanyo Corporation of America
April 2009 General Manager of Tokyo Chemical Business Unit 2 of the Company
October 2013 Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Planning Department
October 2014 Executive Officer, General Manager of General Affairs Department
October 2015 Executive Officer supervising Administration Divisions
December 2017 Director & Executive Officer in charge of Administration Divisions
October 2022 Director & Executive Officer, In charge of Administration Divisions, General Manager of Domestic Subsidiary Coordination Department
December 2022 Director & Executive Officer, In charge of Administration Divisions
December 2023 Director & Audit and Supervisory Committee Member (present post)

Outside Director & Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

Asako Hasegawa

Career Summary
April 1988 Joined Kanematsu Corporation
October 2000 Joined Asahi Audit Corporation (present KPMG AZSA LLC)
December 2004 Hasegawa CPA Office, Representative (present post)
December 2017 The Company, Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) (present post)

Outside Director & Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

Kuniaki Kobayashi

Career Summary
April 2000 Joined YUASA and HARA
September 2013 Joined Yamada, Goya & Suzuki (present post)
June 2014 Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) of Kanematsu Sustech Corporation (present post)
December 2021 The Company, Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) (present post)